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B. N. TREADWELL, W. D. OSBORN AND S. E. NEWMAN. NURSING BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLlCATlON FILED MAY 15. 1918.

1 22,656 Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

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WILLIAM D. OSIBCRN, AND SYLVIA E. IN'EW]l1IAI\'l',. 0]? v MISHAWAKA, INDIANA.

NURSING-BOTTLE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

Application filed May 15, 1918. Serial No. 234,795.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, BERTHA N. TREAD- WELL, WILLIAM D. OSBORN, and SYLVIA E. NEWMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Mishawaka, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nursing-Bottle Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for nursing bottles and has for its object the provision of a simple inexpensive and efiicient device whereby a nursing bottle may be supported in such a manner that an infant may easily feed therefrom without being required to support the weight of the bottle, and the liability of the bottle being tossed about and broken will be overcome.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder embodying our improvements;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, the position of a nursing bottle being indicated by dotted lines.

In carrying out our invention we bend a wire of suitable gage to form an open frame 1 which constitutes a base or support for the holder. It will be noted more particularly upon reference to Fig. 1 that, after being bent to form a base of the desired shape, the greater portion of the length or strand of wire is carried past its end and the overlapping portions are preferably sol dered or otherwise secured together so that spreading of the base will be prevented. From the end of the supporting base the wire is carried upwardly and slightly outwardly, as shown at 2, so as to form a slightly resilient standard and at the upper end of the. said standard the wire is carried inwardly, as at 3, over the open base frame 1 and is then coiled as shown at 4 to provide a member adapted to encircle the body of the nursing bottle. From one side of the coil 4 the wire is carried downwardly and forwardly in a line parallel with the axis of the coil 4, as shown at 5, and its terminal portion is then bent into a ring 6, which will support the upper portion of the nurs ng bottle, the wire being doubled upon itself to provide a U-shaped arm 7 extending laterally outward from the side arm 5 of the holder to engage the edge of the nipple.

Obviously the nursing bottle is inserted through the coil 4 to the ring 6, which is slightly less in diameter than the coil, so

that the nipple fitted over the mouth of the bottle Will be within convenient reach of the infant and will be engaged by the ring 6 and supported so that the infant may readily reach it and feed in a natural manner. The device being constructed of wire will be very light and cheap, and the peculiar form of the holder will impart a high degree of resiliency thereto so that it will yield readily to the movements of the infant in feeding and at the same time will support the bottle firmly so that it will not be apt to roll aside and be broken.

By referring to Fig. 2, it will be noted that the portions 3 and 5 form practically a single supporting arm extending downwardly from the upper end of the resilient standard 2 so that the bottle will be supported in such a position that the milk will naturally drain therefrom and all of it can be obtained by the infant without requiring any movement of the bottle or any undue exertion on the part of the infant. It will also be noted that the forward lower ring 6 is located just beyond the mouth of the bottle so that it encircles the nipple and bears .against the outer surface of the base thereof and consequently sustains the weight of the bottle. The U-shaped lateral projection 7 fits around the edge of the nipple which is stretched over the bead at the mouth of the bottle as is well known and the engagement of the bead or edge of the nipple within the recess or angle of the U- shaped projection aids in holding the nipple on the bottle without imposing any cutting or tearing strain on the nipple. Moreover, this projection furnishes a small handle which may be rasped by the nurse or other person adjusting the bottle in the holder so that the holder may be held steady while the bottle is being inserted and the bottle quickly brought into proper position within the holder.

In actual practice the device is placed in such a position that the infants pillow will extend over the base and the weight of the infant on the pillow will, therefore, hold the device against displacement. The relation of the standard and the downwardly inclined supporting arms is such that when the pillow is over the base the bottle will be held above the pillow in such a position that the infant may feed without being required to assume an unnatural or uncomfortable-position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: v

1. A bottle holder comprising an open frame, a resilient standard rising from one end of said frame, a coil connected with the upper end of said standard, a supporting arm extending from said coil, and 'a ring at the free end of said arm, said arm immediately adjacent said ring being provided with a laterally extending bead-engaging member.

2. A bottle holder consisting of a length of wire bent to form a flat base, a single standard rising from said base at one end thereof, the wire at the upper end of thestandard being turned inwardly and downwardly, a coil into which said inwardlyand downwardly turned portion merges, an arm extending downwardly and forwardly from said coil and having its terminal portion doubled upon itself to provide a U-shaped lateral projection and then formed into a rm 3% The new article of manufacture herein described and shown comprising a flat base,

a single wire standard rising from one end of said base and projectin slightly rearwardlyztherefrom, the wire being turned inwardly and downwardly from the upper end of said standard whereby to form a resilient su orting arm, a bottle encirclmg c011 ormed at the end of said arm, a second arm extending downwardly and forwardly from said coil at a point diametrically opposite the end of the firstmentioned arm, a U-shaped lateral projection at the lower forward endof the second-mentioned arm, and a ring at the extremity of said arm dis osed in a plane apparallel with the coil and axi- BERTHA N i'RmnwEL [as] WILLIAM x 1 OSBORN. [1..s.]

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